View Poll Results: What do you do for a living?
Technology




54
38.57%
Sales




4
2.86%
Medical




10
7.14%
Financial




9
6.43%
Education




18
12.86%
Management




14
10.00%
Trades




16
11.43%
Hospitality




5
3.57%
Retired/Disabled




18
12.86%
Between Jobs




5
3.57%
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What do you do for a living?
#1
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What do you do for a living?
I have been wondering for some time what everyone does for a living. This is probably because in my field in my relatively small town here in Florida, there is only one other person I know of that commutes by bicycle with any regularity. I have met a few people that were auto-mechanics (ironically), retail, restaurants, and hospitality. On this board, there seem to be a lot of educators, but I don't know any here where I live that commute by bike.
So what do you all do?
So what do you all do?
#2
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For a living... study living (philosophy). To pay the bills, edumacayshun!
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Faculty endodontist at a state dental school.

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Marketing. Specifically, I manage the mechanical end of my company's large print and direct mail shop. We have contracts with nearly all of the auto manufactures.
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Very interesting, I did not expect to see more Technology than Education in the poll.
AlmostTrick , love the irony!
AlmostTrick , love the irony!
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Help people in getting their souls to heaven. No, not a hitman😉.
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Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. Let all that you do be done in love.
Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. Let all that you do be done in love.
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Nothing (sniff), furloughed since April...
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#17
Philosopher of Bicycling
I bike to live, and live to bike. Can't hold down a job, so might as well just ride. I have the impression that I liked something else almost as much, but I can't remember what it was.
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I'm a QC inspector. I program the CMM. I was a machinist and a CNC set up/ programmer for about 20 years before I moved over to quality.
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I'm no longer a soldier I'm old, fat, civilian.
When I joined the Army 20 years ago most of my peers were punks, for some reason being an infantryman appealed to a generation of us. My office mate is an old skater and punk and here we are old and making changes to the system when we can.
When I joined the Army 20 years ago most of my peers were punks, for some reason being an infantryman appealed to a generation of us. My office mate is an old skater and punk and here we are old and making changes to the system when we can.
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#22
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Physical labour....I work as a powder coater and spray painter for the past 22 years. One of the reasons why I love bike commuting is because it gives me a chance to get fresh air before and after work.
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I'm the anecdote.
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I'm no longer a soldier I'm old, fat, civilian.
When I joined the Army 20 years ago most of my peers were punks, for some reason being an infantryman appealed to a generation of us. My office mate is an old skater and punk and here we are old and making changes to the system when we can.
When I joined the Army 20 years ago most of my peers were punks, for some reason being an infantryman appealed to a generation of us. My office mate is an old skater and punk and here we are old and making changes to the system when we can.

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#25
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For a living I collect entitlement checks. For a hobby, I volunteer at a few organizations that I can get to by bike.
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